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1. Vowel Harmony

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   Vowel harmony is a phonological process occurring within a word, whereby all vowels must belong to a specific class or share a single distinctive feature. This constraint dictates that once a vowel from a particular set is established in the root or first syllable of a morpheme, subsequent vowels in affixes or derived syllables must match that established quality. This phenomenon is most prevalent in languages belonging to the Uralic and Turkic language families, though it is also attested, sometimes in less restric…